{"id":2517,"date":"2012-04-16T21:31:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T02:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realfoodhouston.com\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2012-04-16T21:41:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T02:41:03","slug":"real-ice-cream-is-now-available-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/2012\/04\/16\/real-ice-cream-is-now-available-in-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"REAL Ice Cream Is Now Available in Houston!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-2519\" title=\"Pure Milk Farms Vanilla Ice Cream\" src=\"http:\/\/realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PMF-Vanilla-Ice-Cream-1024x965.jpg\" alt=\"Pure Milk Farms Vanilla Ice Cream\" width=\"640\" height=\"603\" \/><a title=\"Pure Milk Farms\" href=\"http:\/\/www.puremilkfarms.com\/#!\" target=\"_blank\">Pure Milk Farms<\/a>, a Texas licensed grade A raw milk dairy, has been providing wonderful, fresh raw milk to the Houston area\u00a0for years, and now they&#8217;ve added a new product&#8211;ice cream!\u00a0 Delicious, creamy, sweet, and REAL ice cream!\u00a0 Their ice cream is made with fresh raw cream, raw milk, egg yolks, and turbinado sugar.\u00a0 The vanilla has tiny brown flecks of vanilla&#8211;if you look close, you can see them in the photo.\u00a0 The chocolate has unsweetened cocoa powder.\u00a0 That&#8217;s right&#8211;<em><strong>no<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0ingredients with\u00a0 names that don&#8217;t even sound like foods!\u00a0 Look at your store-bought\u00a0ice cream label.\u00a0 Do you see any chemical sounding ingredients?\u00a0 Many commercial ice creams have\u00a0emulsifiers such as <a href=\"http:\/\/sci-toys.com\/ingredients\/glycerol_monostearate.html\" target=\"_blank\">glycerol monostearate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sci-toys.com\/ingredients\/lecithin.html\" target=\"_blank\">lecithin<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sci-toys.com\/ingredients\/polysorbate_80.html\" target=\"_blank\">polysorbate 80<\/a>.\u00a0 Some, especially low-fat versions, also include gums, which can make the low-fat ice cream seem more\u00a0like <em>real<\/em> ice cream.\u00a0 Do you recognize any of these:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/sci-toys.com\/ingredients\/guar_gum.html\" target=\"_blank\">guar gum<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sci-toys.com\/ingredients\/locust_bean_gum.html\" target=\"_blank\">locust bean gum<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sci-toys.com\/ingredients\/xanthan_gum.html\" target=\"_blank\">xanthan gum<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/sci-toys.com\/ingredients\/methylcellulose.html\" target=\"_blank\">methylcellulose<\/a>?\u00a0 Pure Milk Farms\u00a0ice cream only contains <em><strong>real<\/strong><\/em> ingredients.\u00a0 In fact,\u00a0it&#8217;s probably made much\u00a0like you would make it at home, if you had time and an ice cream maker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Pure-Milk-Farms-Jersey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2522\" title=\"Jersey Cow at Pure Milk Farms\" src=\"http:\/\/realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Pure-Milk-Farms-Jersey-300x153.png\" alt=\"Jersey Cow at Pure Milk Farms\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a>Pure Milk Farms, located near Winnie, TX, is a small, family owned\u00a0dairy with grass-fed Jersey cows.\u00a0 They use no pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics or other chemicals.\u00a0 They have milk, cream, cheese, butter, whey protein, eggs (when available), yogurt,\u00a0and NOW they also have ice cream made with their fresh, unpasteurized cream and milk.\u00a0 For now, vanilla\u00a0and chocolate\u00a0are the only flavors available, but more are promised.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PMF-Chocolate-Ice-Cream.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2521\" title=\"Pure Milk Farms Chocolate Ice Cream\" src=\"http:\/\/realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PMF-Chocolate-Ice-Cream-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Pure Milk Farms Chocolate Ice Cream\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PMF-Chocolate-Ice-Cream-300x190.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PMF-Chocolate-Ice-Cream-1024x649.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PMF-Chocolate-Ice-Cream-1080x685.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PMF-Chocolate-Ice-Cream.jpg 1211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Of course, I had to try both flavors and both are really good.\u00a0 The vanilla would be great with fresh berries.\u00a0 But here&#8217;s my favorite flavor&#8211;chocolate&#8211;it needs nothing else to taste super good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:dairyfarmer144@yahoo.com\">Contact Pure Milk Farms<\/a> to get some of their delicious ice cream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pure Milk Farms, a Texas licensed grade A raw milk dairy, has been providing wonderful, fresh raw milk to the Houston area\u00a0for years, and now they&#8217;ve added a new product&#8211;ice cream!\u00a0 Delicious, creamy, sweet, and REAL ice cream!\u00a0 Their ice <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/2012\/04\/16\/real-ice-cream-is-now-available-in-houston\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading 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